Posted by Jim DeWitt on February 12, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Apple has released Aperture 2.0. Lots of nice new features, although the RAW files don't load that much faster. But the new version does not support RAW import from the Olympus E-3 (and, for all I know, other models as well). However, there is a pretty good workaround. Maybe posting the workaround here will spare others some effort.
Download Adobe's free Adobe Digital Negative Convert. It will successfully convert Olympus E-3 .ORF files to .DNG files, which Aperture can import. Be sure to get Adobe Digital Negative Converter 4.3.1 (or later). It's not superfast process - 5-7 seconds per photo) and it's a kludge, but it's a useful kludge.
Posted by Mark Stahlke on February 12, 2008 at 11:28 PM
On the plus side, OS X 10.5.2 was released Monday and it supports Nikon's D3 and D300 so Aperture 2.0 also supports these cameras.
Apple's web site has this footnote about DNG files:
Aperture works with most DNG files generated from cameras that support this format and DNG files generated by the Adobe DNG Converter with the “Convert to Linear Image” option turned off.
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1 repliesDownload Adobe's free Adobe Digital Negative Convert. It will successfully convert Olympus E-3 .ORF files to .DNG files, which Aperture can import. Be sure to get Adobe Digital Negative Converter 4.3.1 (or later). It's not superfast process - 5-7 seconds per photo) and it's a kludge, but it's a useful kludge.
Apple's web site has this footnote about DNG files: